About Us

Founded in 2009 by Nick Ford, Tom Bronock and Casey Small, The Cocktail Service started life in a garage in Oxfordshire but has since grown to become one of the UK’s leading bar consultancy and events companies.

With an 18 strong head office team, The Cocktail Service delivers 600+ events and projects annually all over the world. The company specialises in premium event bar services, marketing activation for the drinks industry and large scale staffing services for major events. We regularly work with some of the worlds biggest brands including Red Bull, Edrington Beam-Suntory, Quintessential Brands, Facebook and Google.

Aside from our thriving events and consultancy business, the company also has a strong focus on education through our platform The Cocktail Hub. The hub attracts thousands of visitors a month and shares drinks industry articles, how-to guides, cocktail recipes and new product reviews.

We are regularly engaged by the media to comment on the drinks industry and have contributed to articles in the Independent, Evening Standard, Sun, Daily Mirror and Yahoo News.

We absolutely love what we do and are proud to be part of the UK’s world-class drinks industry.

Expert and Innovative
Consultancy & Events

We love what we do, we provide expert and innovative drinks delivery, bringing ideas to life and ensuring we offer the most accomplished cocktail bars that the industry has to offer. Established in 2009, we have quickly expanded to become one of the UK’s leading cocktail bar hire providers and regularly deliver events for high profile clients, venues, and brands across the UK and Europe.

Drinks Industry Experts

The Cocktail Service forms part of the Eventuality Group. We have a sister company, Bar Nation who provide bar management services for large scale events, festivals and venues and has been shortlisted in The Festival Supplier Awards 2017, 2018 and 2019. Our mission is to create exceptional hospitality experiences for the UK event market. Check out more about joining the team.

The Cocktail Service are simply fantastic. Whether an intimate private event for 10 or high-end celebrity packed fashion launch for 1000, their attention to detail and quality of product never fails.

CEO Social Pantry